Yelena Popova was born in the USSR and lives and works in Nottingham where she has a studio at Primary. She graduated with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2011. Yelena recently designed large tapestries for Meta Office in London, Cambridge University and a stage curtain for community center Solway Hall in Whitehaven. Her work is influenced by Russian Constructivism and examines industrial development and the landscape of contemporary capitalism. Her recent jacquard tapestries reflect on different means of energy production and borrows from the language of scientific diagrams and patterns.
Group shows include: Matter as Actor, Lisson Gallery London (2023), Time to Embrace, Ural Biennale, (2021); Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert for Hayward touring (2019), Perpetual Uncertainty, curated by Ele Carpenter (2017), Future Light curated by Maria Lind for Vienna Biennale (2015). Her works are held in public and private collections including: Saatchi, Zabludowicz, Nottingham Castle, RCA Collection, Art Council of England Collection,
Group shows include: Matter as Actor, Lisson Gallery London (2023), Time to Embrace, Ural Biennale, (2021); Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert for Hayward touring (2019), Perpetual Uncertainty, curated by Ele Carpenter (2017), Future Light curated by Maria Lind for Vienna Biennale (2015). Her works are held in public and private collections including: Saatchi, Zabludowicz, Nottingham Castle, RCA Collection, Art Council of England Collection,
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